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Skills Definitions
Cognitive Skill
Type of skill
Visual Sustained Attention
Auditory Sustained Attention
Visual Selective Attention
Auditory Selective Attention
Divided Attention
Attention
Flexible Attention
Attention
Attention
Attention
Visual Discrimination
Visual Figure Ground
Visual Processing
Visual Processing
Visual Form Consistency
Visual Processing
Directionality
Visual Processing
Visual Span
Visual Processing
Visual Simultaneous Processing
Visual Processing
Visual Sequential Processing
Visual Processing
Visualization
Visual Processing
Visual Processing Speed
Visual Processing
Definition of skill
The ability to stay on task for sustained periods
of time.
The ability to attend to one input while not
being distracted by other inputs.
The ability to attend to two activities at the
same time – such as taking notes while listening
to the teacher.
The ability to shift focus from one task to
another quickly and efficiently, when necessary.
The ability to distinguish differences.
The ability to attend to a specific feature or
form while maintaining an awareness of the
relationship of the form to less relevant
background information.
The ability to reorganize the visual information
in a form that is consistent, regardless of object
distance, location or orientation.
The ability to interpret and project the concepts
of “left” and “right” into space and onto other
objects.
The ability to process a volume of visual
information with a glance.
The ability to combine and interpret from
simultaneous pieces of information – such as
getting a split second look at a situation and
knowing the who, what and where of that
situation.
The ability to combine and get meaning from
pieces of information that are received
sequentially, as in reading.
The ability to recall an image of what has been
seen and the ability to mentally manipulate and
change aspects of that image in the mind.
The ability to perform tasks quickly – such as
scanning, inspecting and comparing information
or processing incoming information quickly.
The ability to distinguish differences in sounds.
The ability of the perceptual processing system
to send auditory information to the brain in the
same order it was received.
The ability to process incoming auditory
information quickly.
The ability to use the eyes efficiently to read
and gather information from the environment.
The ability to use the eyes and hands together
efficiently, as in writing, drawing, typing,
catching a ball, etc.
The integration of auditory skills and motor
skills (rhythm) Example: tapping to a beat.
Auditory Discrimination
Auditory Sequential Processing
Auditory Processing
Auditory Processing
Auditory Processing Speed
Auditory Processing
Oculomotor
Sensory Integration
Visual-Motor Integration
Sensory Integration
Auditory-Motor Integration
Sensory Integration
Timing - Rhythm
Sensory Integration
The ability to process information at an
adequate or consistent speed.
Visual-Auditory Integration
Sensory Integration
The ability to match auditory and visual stimuli
and coordinate them into a meaningful product.
The ability to screen out unimportant sensory
information and keep important information for
further processing (takes place subconsciously
within approximately 1/1000 of a second)
The ability to hold on to sensory information
that is not thrown out by sensory memory for
Visual Short-Term Sensory Memory
Auditory Short-Term Sensory Memory
Memory
Visual Short-Term Immediate Memory
Auditory Short-Term Immediate Memory
Memory
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Learning
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Cognitive Skill
BrainWare Cognitive
Skills Definitions
Type of skill
Working Memory
Memory
Visual Spatial Memory
Memory
Long Term Memory
Memory
Visual Sequential Memory
Auditory Sequential Memory
Memory
Visual Simultaneous Memory
Memory
Logic
Thinking
Reasoning
Thinking
Planning
Thinking
Problem Solving
Thinking
Strategic Thinking
Thinking
Visual Thinking
Thinking
Conceptual Thinking
Thinking
Decision Speed
Thinking
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Definition of skill
up to 30 seconds until you decide to throw out
information or send it to the cortex for further
processing.
The ability to hold information in the mind while
performing mental operation on it.
The ability to recall the location of stimuli or to
recall, identify or reproduce a design.
The ability to permanently store information and
retrieve it when needed, such as telephone
numbers, math facts, experiences, rules, etc.
The ability to recall a sequence of bits of
information in the same order as originally
received.
The ability to recall several things received at
the same time, and keep the relationship
between them straight.
The ability to reason and think rationally and
analytically.
The ability to form concepts and solve problems
using unfamiliar information.
The ability to use forethought to create a
practical and systematic strategy for attaining
defined goals.
The ability to handle and resolve traditionally
and constructively any challenges, set backs,
mistakes, failures and conflicts.
The ability to establish a logical and practical
plan for attaining defined objectives, analyze
and solve problems, handle setbacks and learn
from mistakes.
The ability to transform thoughts into images to
enhance understanding and retention of
information.
The ability to recognize a collection of features
that go together to create an idea or category of
ideas.
The ability to use our thinking skills quickly and
efficiently to make correct decisions.
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